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LAWS of North-Carolina. 2>'3
are hereby directed and required, to appoint ilich Overfeers cf the Roads as live ^. D. 1764..
molt convenient to fuch Rivers and Creeks, with their Companies, to do and per- w—«v**~<»
form the lame, as ibon as may be, after being lb directed : And upon Negleft or Pen. for Negiea.
Refufal of fuch O/erlcer, or Company, or any of them, to do and perform fuch
Work or Service, upon due Proof thereof, he or they lb refufing or negle6ting,
Ihall be liable to the lame Fines and Forfeitures, as for Negleft or Refufal of their
Service on the Road^^ which Ihall be recovered and applied in the lame Manner.
XV. AN D he it further Enacted^ by the Authcrity afcrefaid^ That if any Perfon Aj^peais giaate^.
or Pcrlbns (hall think him, her, or themfelves, aggrieved by any Order or Sentence
of the Juftice, or Vcrdid of any Jury appointed to lay out any Road or Roads,
it fh ill and may be lawful for fuch Perfon or Perfons to appeal irom the Order or
Sentence of fuch Juftice, or Verdict of fuch Jury, in any County, to the next In-ferior
Court to be ndd tor the laiu County -, who are hereby impowered to hear and
determine fuch Appeals in a fummary Way.
Overfeers to fet
up D.region Htft»
at the parting of
the Koacis.
XVI. AND he it EnaHed^ hy the Authority afcrefaid. That all Overfeers of
Roads iball caule to be let up, at the parting ot all Ruads within their feveral Dif-triits^
a Po(t or Polts, with Arms pointing the Way of each and every Road, with
Diredions to the moft Public Places to which they lead, with the Number of Miles
frpm that Place, as near as can be computed : And every Overfcer v^^ho fl->all neo--
lect or refufe fo to do, and keep the fame in Repair, fhall forfeit and pay, for every
fuch Negled, the Sum of Forty Shillings -, to be recovered before any Juftice of
the Peace, and applied as other Fines m this A(ft is diredcd.
XVII. AND he it further EnoMed^ by the Authority afcrefaid^ That the feveral ^"^ *° '"^'''•"'^i
Overfeers of the Roads, within Nine Months next after the palTing of this Aft, fhall actv^/ MUe!™'
caufe the Public Roads within their Diftricts relpeclively, to be exactly meafured
where the fame has not already been d;me •, and fhall, at the End of each Mile'
mark, in a legible and durable Manner, the Number of fuch Miles, beoinnino-'
continuing, and making the Numbers in fuch Manner and Form, as the Inferior
Courts of the Counties fhall fcverally and refpeiftively diredt ; and every Ovcrfeer
Ihall keep up and repair fuch Marks and Numbers within his Diftri6t : And every
Overfeer refufing or negleding to mile mark, or to repair the Mile Marks within
his Diftri6t, according to the Intent and Meaning of this Act, for the Space of
Thirty Days after Notice of their being unmarked or out of Repair, flaall forfeit
and pay the Sum of Twenty Shillings ; to be recovered by a Warrant before any
Juftice of the Peace.
.^ XVIII, AND be it further Ena^ed^ by the Authority aforefaid^ That an Act, AasrejeaUs.
indtuled. An rlct for imiowering the feveral Commijfoners herein after named to make^
mend^ and repair^ all Roads, Bridges, Cuts, and Water Courfes, already laid out, or
hereafter to be laid out, in the federal Counties and Diflricts herein after appointed, in fuch
-Manner as they fhall jud;_e mofi ufeful to the Public, paffed at Newbern the Twentieth
Day of April, in the Year of our Lord One Thouland Seven Hundred and Forty
Five ; another Act, intituled. An Act for efiablijloing Pubic Roads and Ferries, and
for the better Regulation of the fame in feveral Counties, paffed at Newbern the Twelfth
Day of Deumher, in the Year of our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifty
Six ; and one other Act, intituled. An Act for altering the Method of working on the
Roads, and appointing Puhlic Ferries, witlin the Counties of Duplin, Cumberland,
Rowan, and Anfon, paffed at Newbern the Eleventh \y:vf oi December, in the Year
of our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Sixty Two ; and every Claufe and
Claufes, Article and Articles of them, and of each and every other Act and Acts,
Claufe or Claufes thereof, heretofore made, within the Purview of this Act, fhall
be, and are hereby feverally from henceforth repealed.
CHAP. IV.
An Act to fupprefs e::crjfive and deceitful Gamin?,
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EXP.
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LAWS of North-Carolina. 2>'3
are hereby directed and required, to appoint ilich Overfeers cf the Roads as live ^. D. 1764..
molt convenient to fuch Rivers and Creeks, with their Companies, to do and per- w—«v**~all neo--
lect or refufe fo to do, and keep the fame in Repair, fhall forfeit and pay, for every
fuch Negled, the Sum of Forty Shillings -, to be recovered before any Juftice of
the Peace, and applied as other Fines m this A(ft is diredcd.
XVII. AND he it further EnoMed^ by the Authority afcrefaid^ That the feveral ^"^ *° '"^'''•"'^i
Overfeers of the Roads, within Nine Months next after the palTing of this Aft, fhall actv^/ MUe!™'
caufe the Public Roads within their Diftricts relpeclively, to be exactly meafured
where the fame has not already been d;me •, and fhall, at the End of each Mile'
mark, in a legible and durable Manner, the Number of fuch Miles, beoinnino-'
continuing, and making the Numbers in fuch Manner and Form, as the Inferior
Courts of the Counties fhall fcverally and refpeiftively diredt ; and every Ovcrfeer
Ihall keep up and repair fuch Marks and Numbers within his Diftri6t : And every
Overfeer refufing or negleding to mile mark, or to repair the Mile Marks within
his Diftri6t, according to the Intent and Meaning of this Act, for the Space of
Thirty Days after Notice of their being unmarked or out of Repair, flaall forfeit
and pay the Sum of Twenty Shillings ; to be recovered by a Warrant before any
Juftice of the Peace.
.^ XVIII, AND be it further Ena^ed^ by the Authority aforefaid^ That an Act, AasrejeaUs.
indtuled. An rlct for imiowering the feveral Commijfoners herein after named to make^
mend^ and repair^ all Roads, Bridges, Cuts, and Water Courfes, already laid out, or
hereafter to be laid out, in the federal Counties and Diflricts herein after appointed, in fuch
-Manner as they fhall jud;_e mofi ufeful to the Public, paffed at Newbern the Twentieth
Day of April, in the Year of our Lord One Thouland Seven Hundred and Forty
Five ; another Act, intituled. An Act for efiablijloing Pubic Roads and Ferries, and
for the better Regulation of the fame in feveral Counties, paffed at Newbern the Twelfth
Day of Deumher, in the Year of our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifty
Six ; and one other Act, intituled. An Act for altering the Method of working on the
Roads, and appointing Puhlic Ferries, witlin the Counties of Duplin, Cumberland,
Rowan, and Anfon, paffed at Newbern the Eleventh \y:vf oi December, in the Year
of our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Sixty Two ; and every Claufe and
Claufes, Article and Articles of them, and of each and every other Act and Acts,
Claufe or Claufes thereof, heretofore made, within the Purview of this Act, fhall
be, and are hereby feverally from henceforth repealed.
CHAP. IV.
An Act to fupprefs e::crjfive and deceitful Gamin?,
R r
EXP.
CHAP.